Police: Sex charges pending against former teacher: Investigation marks 2nd for county this month

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For the second time in recent weeks, a Cleveland County Schools teacher has resigned amid criminal investigation.

Boiling Springs Police Chief Randy Page said sexual misconduct charges are pending against Edward Miller, 29. Miller resigned from his music teacher job at Springmore Elementary School on Friday, according to Cleveland County Schools documents.

Miller's current listed address, according to police documents, is Taylor, S.C.

“There is no indication that anything happened at the school, or of a current student being involved,” Page said. “The investigation started during spring break.”

Since the allegations were reported directly police and not at school, no internal investigation was done by the school system.

Page said the school system would have been immediately involved had Miller been in school at the time the report was filed.

Page said criminal indictments are expected to be filed against Miller on Monday.

Miller had worked for the school system since 2007, according to school officials.

Miller is the second teacher in the Cleveland County Schools system to be investigated by police this month.

Caron Elizabeth Blanton, 34, was charged on April 15 with three counts of indecent liberties with a child under the age of 16 and six counts of disseminating obscene material to a minor.

Blanton, who resigned from her Burns Middle School science teacher position days prior to the arrest, was charged after sexually explicit videos of her were found on a student’s cell phone.

The Star previously reported that an investigation on Blanton by the school system led to the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office being notified.